Looking forward to moving to the US?
Feb 27th 2005, 7:52 pm
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Re: Looking forward to moving to the US?
Originally Posted by Englishmum
Apparently as the boy is seen as 'self-supporting' as he works full time, they won't be able to get a visa for him....yet on the other hand if he had been at say, a Sixth form college then he is regarded as wholly dependant on his parents and would be able to get a visa!
Very few people under 22 are self-supporting here in the US. I don't know about Oz, but the idea of a 16- or 17-year-old having started a career here is just unfathomable even though I know it's actually quite normal in the UK.
